Plainfield police dog helps nab suspected thief

A police dog tracked down a Moosup man suspected of stealing from a Plainfield convenience store Monday evening.

A police dog tracked down a Moosup man suspected of stealing from a Plainfield convenience store Monday evening.

Brian L. Openchofshi, 22, is scheduled to be arraigned today in Danielson Superior Court on charges of second-degree larceny, risk of injury to a minor, second-degree breach of peace and third-degree criminal trespass. He was being held on $50,000 bail.

According to police, at 6:15 p.m., Openchofski was in Countryside Farms at 83 Ward Ave., and he reached into the cash register drawer as the clerk was ringing out a customer, grabbed some cash and fled the store.

A police dog belonging to the Plainfield department tracked Openchofski to a nearby abandoned mill, police said. He was later arrested.

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